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<big><b><u>Assertions:</u></b></big>
<div class="assert">If an HR element is used in a table cell and there is no 
content in the rest of the column, the width of the HR will default to 1 or two 
pixels. All of the reviewed browsers behave this way (well, except for Mosaic, 
which seems to automatically impose an ~40 pixel width on such HRs.)</div>
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<b>4 column table with plain HR elements in Row 2 
Row 1: Col 1 has content. Col 2 has &amp;nbsp;. Col 3 has a bare space. Col 4 has no content.<br>
Note - Results may be hard to see:</b>
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<table border="0" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5>
<tr><td>Column 1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><hr></td><td><hr></td><td><hr></td><td><hr></td></tr>
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<b>4 column table with HR WIDTH=50 elements in Row 2 
Row 1: Col 1 has content. Col 2 has &amp;nbsp;. Col 3 has a bare space. <br>
Note - Results may be hard to see:</b>
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<table border="0" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5>
<tr><td>Column 1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><hr width="50"></td><td><hr width="50"></td><td><hr width="50"></td><td><hr width="50"></td></tr>
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